Brangas is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in Brangas.
Species
These species belong to the genus Brangas:
- Brangas caranus <small>(Stoll, 1780)</small> - western Ecuador to French Guiana, south to southern Brazil
- Brangas carthaea <small>(Hewitson, 1868)</small> - Mexico to western Ecuador
- Brangas coccineifrons <small>(Godman & Salvin, 1887)</small> - Mexico to western Ecuador
- Brangas dydimaon <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small> - Amazonian Region
- Brangas felderi <small>(Goodson, 1945)</small> - Colombia to Peru
- Brangas getus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> - Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil
- Brangas insolitus <small>Bálint & Faynel, 2008</small> - Ecuador to Peru
- Brangas moserorum <small>Bálint & Faynel, 2008</small> - Paraguay and southern Brazil
- Brangas neildonatus <small>Bálint & Faynel, 2008</small> - Venezuelan northern coast.
- Brangas neora <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> - Mexico to southern Brazil
- Brangas polonus <small>Bálint, 2008</small> - Peru to Bolivia
- Brangas rambutorum <small>Bálint & Faynel, 2008</small> - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest.
- Brangas rita <small>(Goodson, 1945)</small> - Costa Rica to western Colombia and Ecuador
- Brangas silumena <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> - Paraguay and Brazil
- Brangas teucria <small>(Hewitson, 1868)</small> - Amazonian Region
- Brangas torfrida <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> - Neotropics, Amazonian and Atlantic regions
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